Guild Wars 2

It’s just a massive (Never ending) GRIND.

No……………….

All right then “Wouldn’t think so”.

“What are people doing in this game?”……………..

What I’m doing.

Log in, do daily as quickly as possible.
Log out.
Check forum for game updates.
Go and play something else. (Another MMO).
Wait for something to happen that might make me want to stay logged in.

FlareHeart.4360:

They patched it recently so that it doesn’t work if you are defeated now. It will only work if you are downed. Are you defeated?

So what is it now ?

3 stages downed, defeated and dead.

I always thought it was just downed or dead, the downed state you could be healed by your pet, if your dead your dead, your pet ain’t gonna help.

90% of the time my pet is useless anyway and away with the fairies.

The price was way too high for just one item, and character bound. (Oh wait, I only have one character and don’t intend to make any more).

I would have bought it if it was a pick, sickle and axe.

Yes good idea……………….

Well I have to say I’ve had my monies worth out of GW2.

But, I am getting a bit bored with it (Don’t say take a break).

Bit fed up with the nerfing, DR, RNG, daily, monthly, only one chest a day crap, seems like Anet want to screw us into the ground.

Just keeping my eyes open for something that will be better, and registering for beta’s (Been on a couple).

Something will be along soon.

cero.1209:

It is possible i have a friend who plays guildwars 2 with a controller. He uses a program called Xpadder. he did enounter one problem. He cant move the camera because it requires you to hold the mouse 2 button down and move the mouse to change the camera. If you figure it out please let us xpadders know.

I use xpadder and really thats not a problem, you can hold mouse button L or R and have the mouse movement on one xpadder stick or paddle whatever you want.

And I find the controller much more comfortable than the KB, and I can sit back in my comfy chair not huddled over the KB.

Snaekolf.5973:

I’ve got one POI and one vista (both in the same keep) to go for map completion…I’ve been waiting to get those for over two months.

My server seems to be green all the time and nver blue, which is what I need. That keep is right next to the home teams main castle, so it NEVER flips. I check practically every night too…

Yeap same for me, 2 vista’s and a POI (Green area) in the same keep (3 months wait), we just changed from red to blue, so there’s still no chance of us taking that keep.

Looks like another 3 month wait.

MMO = Grind

This one is no exception to the rule.

cyclops.7142:

So Solid, titles also don’t show up for you in wvw? I was wondering if it was just me

No, no titles unless I have them targetted, then the title only shows at the top of the screen under (or is it over lol) their health bar.

Thats fine I prefer not to see them.

Thats good, they were really annoying, and no way to turn them off.

To be honest I have’nt noticed anything different, pet still goes off, does it’s own thing, dies quickly, limps back.

Haven’t changed my setup at all, just plodding on as if nothing happened.

Yes I was quite suprised by the added box to hide gloves, I hadn’t seen any requests on the forums for that, so how did that pop into their heads.

Was it a eureka moment at a meeting, guy (1) “I know what we’ll do, give players the option to hide gloves” guy (2) “Brilliant idea, lets get it done, I’ll get on to the developers”.

IF only fixing some of the class balance and game bugs was that easy.

(And why stop at gloves, if they gave you options to hide everything you lot would be running about in your underwear).

Yeah lets go for it, spice the game up a bit, other MMO’s can do it why not GW2

So long a both parties agree.

Quite a good PVP open world system is SRO, wth penalties if you murder somebody, sounds bad but actually quite good.

Khisanth.2948:

Kelso.8539:

I’m not sure yet but I think i will pick Desolation.
Also up to what level can you switch servers for free?

Zero. Transfers are only free if you have no characters on the account. Meaning you would have to delete all your characters for the free transfer.

Good tip there for new players with very low level characters.

Maybe ArenaNet should let new players know that one, so that they can avoid the transfer cost as they find a server best suited to them…………… oh wait, it costs cash to transfer, why would Anet tell them they can do it for free !

Depends on what time you mainly play, check them for a few days to see which are highest.

I’m on Desolation, which seems OK from about 18:00 to 23:00 GMT.

“Also up to what level can you switch servers for free?” << Can you still switch servers for free up to a certain level ?

A “Ranger” with a pet, otherwise known as a “Beastmaster”………………….

Substance E.4852:

ExpiredLifetime.1083:

There’s actually something even easier that they could do, that has been done in other games as well.

Make pets immune to ground-targeted AoE.
They’re supposedly going to change the AI to make pets attempt to get behind a target, thus avoiding cleave style attacks.

God I hope not. All I can picture is the stupid thing constantly trying to flank the enemy instead of attacking since it can’t move and act at the same time to begin with.

Looks like the pet thing will now take an even longer route, maybe, just maybe it’ll wander off and not come back !

I’m sure new players are joining all the time, and there will always be the “die-hards” that will stay whatever happens.

I think this game will have a bigger turnover of old players leaving and new players joining than GW1 did, there’s no real content to keep old players here and people get bored.

There are also up and coming games that will compete with GW2, MMO developers will have seen GW2 and will want to include some of the features in their games.

Of course old players leaving and new players buying the game is cash in the bank for ArenaNet.

And I guess my friends list say’s it all, lots of people logged in not so long back, now just 1 or 2.

NicoleFaith.6534
“It is an amazing sight to see.”

You need to get out more…………….

Lots of talk, and I’m sure you all have high hopes…………….

Personally, I don’t think they will ever fix the pet.

Each to their own (Things do seem to get bigger, better and more) when posted on the forums.

And to be honest I don’t want to spend all my time grinding, it’s really boring and mind numbing (I believe ArenaNet said “It’s not a grind”), but it can be.

Ethics.4519
“PM me in game if you want help.”

Er, no ta.

Ethics.4519:

Solid Gold.9310:

Axesome.1025:

Hicci.8761:

Axesome.1025:

Hi,

I think it’s nearly impossible to get rich in GW2. I do a lot of events, guild missions, yet i am so poor. Can you make some solid cash without farming 24/7?

Yup. If you are as casual as you claim to be, you can just do daily bosses, maybe some cof and other additional stuff. You can easily get 10g/day.
If you can’t even do that then you don’t deserve all that fancy stuff you want. There are no magical ways to get rich in a blink of an eye. (unless you get incredibly lucky)

I still don’t understand how can casual player get 10g/day.

10 did I read that right, 10 gold a DAY for a casual player, if only that were true I would be mega rich by now.

1 gold a day is much more realistic.

10 gold/day isn’t that bad, and you don’t even have to play the market.

MF gear farming in Orr, you could get 5+ gold/hr selling everything you get. Some people get 10gold/hr doing speed runs of CoF.

“casual” doesn’t mean sitting in LA running around in quaggan tonics yelling “Catch me if you can!”…. which, I do occasionally

Well I must be doing something seriousely wrong then, I spend most of my time in orr, maybe 4-5 hours a night, and I don’t see anything like 10g a day

Axesome.1025:

Hicci.8761:

Axesome.1025:

Hi,

I think it’s nearly impossible to get rich in GW2. I do a lot of events, guild missions, yet i am so poor. Can you make some solid cash without farming 24/7?

Yup. If you are as casual as you claim to be, you can just do daily bosses, maybe some cof and other additional stuff. You can easily get 10g/day.
If you can’t even do that then you don’t deserve all that fancy stuff you want. There are no magical ways to get rich in a blink of an eye. (unless you get incredibly lucky)

I still don’t understand how can casual player get 10g/day.

10 did I read that right, 10 gold a DAY for a casual player, if only that were true I would be mega rich by now.

1 gold a day is much more realistic.

It’s better if you can get 2 pacts together.

The dodgy bit is like you say, going up the hill when mobs spawn behind you, sometimes the moral will just vanish for some reason.

Just sometimes the pact will be part way up the hill (This is good) and will continue up the hill when the mobs spawn behind, keep with the pact, don’t go back or the pact will go back as well.

The mobs behind will eventually catch you up at the start of the ramp up to the temple, , after you have dealt with most of them at the top of the hill.

This seems to work much better than going back to them at the bottom of the hill, and you should have a nearly full moral bar at the start of the ramp.

Of course sometimes the pact just insist on going back to the mobs that spawn behind, I just think it depends on how far up the hill they are when they spawn.

(Yes I’ve done Balthazar a fair few times).

PS. if you want more than one pact to do the temple run, the second pact must set off before the first pact arrives at Rally WP, they will then wait for the other pact(s). (And if your really clever it’s possible to do it with all 3 pacts).

PPS. I also used to think it was better to stay really close to the pact and drop a bit of aoe healing, I have now found it seems better to stay away a bit so as not to draw fire close to the pact, so now I tend to drop a heal and move away

Bleak.5796:

Hey guys,
I just want to share my opinion how amazing(imo) the Ranger could have been.
I’m not posting this into ‘Suggestions’, because the devs won’t care about such more or less drastic profession changes anyways.
So let’s start.

Lore
In the past years the Ranger adapted more and more to the nature. He learned to communicate with the spirits of nature, be it animals or elements. That way he came to the point, where could not only tame the physical shell of an animal, but his spirit to unleash powerful, unrestricted attacks to his enemies…

Class Mechanic

• The Ranger himself has 100% dmg (not 50% Ranger, 50% Pet like it is now, i dunno the exact numbers)
• No active pet, but 2-4 slots on the F1-F4 keys
• Keep taming pets (their spirits) in the open world AND their F2 skills
• Ranger can use the skills freely in combat by pressing the key
• Now a ghostly form of the animal will appear and execute the skill
• On the F1-F4 keys there can be only 1 skill per animal category

Example

• F1 Feline – (Jungle Stalker) 5 Might Stacks (maybe nerf it to 3 for balance)
• F2 Bird – (Raven) Heavy Hit on high cd
• F3 Bears – (Brown Bear) Shake it off
• F4 Canine – (Wolf) Fear on high cd

Notes

• Maybe a bit OP.
• Maybe nerf the F2 skills. Give them casttime, being interrupted, when interrupting the Ranger.
• Maybe only 2 or 3 “F-Slots”
• Pet-bound traits could be decreased, actually useful traits could be created

Of course this needs polishing, but i feel like Ranger would be so much more useful, that way. Right now we are relying on something, that just doesn’t fit into this game.
You can’t make a whole profession dependant on a pet, which can’t dodge, move in safety, think for strategies. This game is SO player-skill based. You can’t make such an intelligent AI, that it comes up for that.
That’s just my opinion, but i guess it’s pretty reasonable.
Anyways. Tell me how you like my idea.

Oh wait, ArenaNet spent how many years developing this game ?

And you come up with a better Ranger in what, 15 minutes, the time you took to write that post.

I like your vision of how the Ranger could have been much more than the crummy ranger we have now.

Levelling is a total bore (chore) whatever you want to call it.

Thats why I will only ever have one character.

Not excited, we’ve been promised stuff before and let down.

We’ve been told about graphic fixes that were serious nerfs.

Nope not expecting anything any good out of it.

I think there are far more important things than a stupid jellyfish………………

You mean the Necromancer’s minions are WORSE than the pets.

Expect a nerf for the pets in the next patch then.

Auto attack will stop if your out of range, and start again as soon as your back in range.

Spirits are about as much use as a handbrake on a canoe !

Craywulf.5793:

If you love bows and hate pets, then a compromise is in order, play the Warrior if you like longbows or Thief if you like shortbows.

Expecting the Ranger to playable without pets is something ArenaNet doesn’t want to do. That’s the way the profession is intended to be.

Yup it’s a shame that the Ranger with the pet is ArenaNets vision of how a Ranger should be.

Not a Rangers vision at all.

Oh well, there’s some competition coming out shortly, we’ll see how their Ranger is.

Runiir.6425
“Yre the “fanboi” here more than others. I argue against changign it as other options are there. Warrior and thief that can both play ana rcher role. You grumble about warrior wearing heavy armor, boo hoo…choose some of the lighter looking heavy armor than. How about thief? What? Don’t like shortbow range?”

Yeah of course I’m a “fanboi”.
Why would you argue about the pet being OPTIONAL, surely you would be happy as you want to use your pet, and many Rangers who prefer not to have a pet would be happy as well ?

And as I have said before, warrior can only use a longbow, and thief can only use a shortbow. So niether of them can play an archer role.

And stop with the telling me what pets to use and how to “micro” manage them, I don’t want to “micro” manage them thank you.

Ranger with a pet might be how Arenanet see the Ranger, it’s not how many Rangers want it to be and would like the OPTION, so you fanboi’s of a pet can still use the thing.

People supporting the pet seem to want to force us to play with it, whereas many would like the option.

Arenanet really need to be flexible with some issues, and not force people to play how they see various aspects of the game. (Town clothes being another issue).

People will walk when something that suits them more comes along, and I’ve heard all the rubbish like “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out”, just remember it’s the players that make this game a success.

Kal Spiro.9745:

Solid Gold.9310:

zenleto.6179:

Solid Gold.9310:

Yeah problems are, warriors can use longbows, thieves can use shortbows, no other class can use both types of bow.

I can’t stand the stupid pets either, I wanted to play a Ranger, not a Beastmaster.

But no, we have to have what ArenaNet see as a Ranger, forced to use the mainly useless pet, a pet that is a total liability, a pet that they will never be able to fix.

Under what circumstances is the pet a liability?

Dungeons for a start.

Plus it runs all over the place agroing other mobs nearby.

It can’t even jump down 6 inches, it has to go all the way around, however far that might be.

I’ve done the dungeons and I’ve never had a problem with my pet. It sounds to me like you’re doing the dungeon in a way it wasn’t intended, or something, or you don’t know how to stow it when absolutely necessary.

The only time in the entirety of the game in which my pet has been a liability was in the Rata Sum Fractal during the escalator of doom. If your pet gets hit you get hit, which is dumb. But again, stow the pet, make the run, done.

Pets die to bosses a lot, but that’s not a liability, that’s just an annoyance.

Pets are part of what a ranger is. Anyone who disagrees is trying to play something other than a ranger.

Why would anyone ever want to use both bows? I’ve never actually seen someone who runs Longbow/Shortbow. Generally it’s a preference one way or the other and a melee weapon or axe for the swap. Honestly short bows aren’t very rangery anyway.

BIG parts of that I don’t agree with………..

I’ve only ever played a Ranger, I think I know how to “stow” my pet, anyway stub your toe, fall over a twig, or get hit, up pops the pet.

I’m not a particular fan of dungeons anyway, at least not with a pet, I’m “sure” you’ve had every success with your pet in dungeons, but I can’t comment as I have only done the story mode ones. (So your theory “I’m doing them in a way that wasn’t intended” does’nt really hold water, explain a way that wasn’t intended anyway ?).

A pet is not part of the Ranger, your thinking of a Beastmaster, sorry to burst your bubble, anyway IF there were a choice to play with or without a pet as in GW1, wouldn’t everybody be happy ?

I would happily play any other class that can use both long and short bows, with light or medium armour, you see I like the short bow because of it’s speed and the longbow for WvW, for general PvE use the longbow bores the pants off me.

zenleto.6179:

Yeah, the jump thing bugs me a bit. Surely a bird could just fly down!

Maybe they could look into making the Stow Pet feature more permanent. That way people who rarely want to use their pet, or don’t want to use it all, can just tuck them away.

Hmm, yes, that’s my suggestion.

Yes brilliant idea, we had the choice in GW1 why not here, keep everybody happy.

The problem as I see it, others have suggested the pet is anything from 30% to 50% of out damage, but we probably only get that 30% to 50% damage for 10% of the time because 90% of the time the pet is dead or off on a jolly somewhere.

So in real terms, the pet is probably only worth 3% to 5% damage.

I’m sure somebody be itching to tell me ALL about pet managment, ewww !

Frosty and Frosty Law Firm.4981:

lordkrall.7241:

Warriors can use Longbows quite good, give it a try.

I have. It would be my first choice, were it not for the fact that they’re literally DISALLOWED from using lighter armor.

I get that it is lighter, it requires getting used to and a warrior who has worn plate mail for ten years might feel awkward in a tunic alone, but come on. I don’t like the idea of a bowman wearing heavy armor, so ranger(pets required) is my only option.

Yeah forgot about the armour, heavy armour and a longbow, just so wrong.

zenleto.6179:

Solid Gold.9310:

Yeah problems are, warriors can use longbows, thieves can use shortbows, no other class can use both types of bow.

I can’t stand the stupid pets either, I wanted to play a Ranger, not a Beastmaster.

But no, we have to have what ArenaNet see as a Ranger, forced to use the mainly useless pet, a pet that is a total liability, a pet that they will never be able to fix.

Under what circumstances is the pet a liability?

Dungeons for a start.

Plus it runs all over the place agroing other mobs nearby.

It can’t even jump down 6 inches, it has to go all the way around, however far that might be.

The last 2 vista’s and 1 POI is impossible for me to get, they are deep in enemy territory in a keep, right at the opposite end where we are.

I didn’t really think I would have to wait months to get them.

Ruprect.7260
“Seems there are a lot of people that want something for nothing. If you want map completion then join a WvW guild and go get what you need. I am not sure why this is a problem.”

Personally I don’t want something for nothing as you suggest, but I do expect it to be reasonably achievable.
Joining a guild would make absolutely no difference whatsoever, many of the people who did get world completion got it when free server transfers were available, they may not be able to do it so easily now.

Ruprect.7260
“I am not sure why this is a problem.”

Just to spell it out to you as you are not sure why this is a problem…………..

Our server is at the top of the map, the vista’s I need are way down at the bottom left, both in a keep, the poi is very close by, we never ever get anywhere near the keep, even trying to storm it in a zerg would be suicide, going anywhere near it alone or in a small group is certain death.

Yeah problems are, warriors can use longbows, thieves can use shortbows, no other class can use both types of bow.

I can’t stand the stupid pets either, I wanted to play a Ranger, not a Beastmaster.

But no, we have to have what ArenaNet see as a Ranger, forced to use the mainly useless pet, a pet that is a total liability, a pet that they will never be able to fix.

Sebrent.3625:

And I’m sure the difference between my hitting you with an arrow and slashing you with a greatsword in real life would be the same as well.

Being an unparalleled archer doesn’t mean you break the mold when it comes to ranged dps vs melee dps.

If there is a class that can kite extremely well in GW2, it’s the Ranger.

Yeah whatever…………… yeah we can kite well, but then it’s easy to kite with any ranged weapon, difficult kiting when your a couple of feet away from your opponent.

Chopps.5047:

Solid Gold.9310:

“The Ranger excels"……. I stopped reading right there……………

The guy was quoting something from Aion; relax.

Didn’t ArenaNet say a similar thing in their desciption of the Ranger……

“Rangers rely on a keen eye, a steady hand, and the power of nature itself. Unparalleled archers, rangers are capable of bringing down foes from a distance with their bows. With traps, nature spirits, and a stable of loyal pets at their command, rangers can adapt to any situation.”

“Unparalleled archers” What happened, my great sword does far more damage than my bows !

Yeah right…………..

There’s never a mod when you really want one.

“The Ranger excels"……. I stopped reading right there……………

Well I don’t think he really “Broke in and stole it”.

You must have allowed them access to the guild bank, you trusted the person with access.

A tough lesson but be careful who you allow to have access.

Yup I have 2 vista’s and one poi very close together to get, been waiting months now and our server never gets anywhere near them.

My dream patch…………..

Optional pet and a buff to make up for not having a pet.

The “Master bowman” with a bow that does more damage than the greatsword. (Ooops they will probably nerf the greatsword now !).

Oh and barrage that works like barrage did in GW1, not the stupid small ranged barrage it is now.

Yep do my daily, then think “What shall I do now”, then log off.

It’s getting dreary now and stale.